German Nominal Compounds in Manuscript Anonymous German-Lithuanian Dictionary Lexicon Lithuanicum from the 17th Century Cover Image

XVII a. anoniminio rankraštinio žodyno Lexicon Lithuanicum sudurtiniai vokiečių kalbos daiktavardžiai
German Nominal Compounds in Manuscript Anonymous German-Lithuanian Dictionary Lexicon Lithuanicum from the 17th Century

Author(s): Dalius Jarmalavičius
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Baltic Languages, 17th Century
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: word-formation; manuscript dictionary; nominal compounding; determinative; possessive and deverbal compounds;

Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes the compounding of German nouns in the manuscript anonymous German-Lithuanian dictionary Lexicon Lithuanicum from the 17th Century. The results are presented as follows: first, the types of German nouns based on their left-hand members containing a linking element are discussed; afterwards, another classification of compounds according to the semantic and syntactic interpretation of their constituents, including determinative, possessive, copulative and de-verbal compounds, is analyzed. Finally, the structure of compound words from the perspective of word-formation of their units is described in detail.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 74
  • Page Range: 54-67
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Lithuanian